LANSIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Lan(lan)'si!1-u1m(um). 1. In the Molucca Islands, the Aulacia punctata. 2. Of Rutnphius, a genus of meliaeeous trees of the tribe Trichiliece. IB, 42, 121 (a, 36).] L. donieHticum. Fr.. arbre d lance. A species cultivated throughout the Malaysian Islands for the sake of its yellow, esculent fruit, which is known as lansa or lansch. The seeds are used as an anthelminthic, and the bark, which is aromatic, as a perfume. [B, 93; B, 19, 186 (a, 35).] [s. 578]